Mt Whitney Zone Forums General Discussion MR to Russell south face approach

Here is a photo album from Bob R where he tried one of those chutes: 2007-10-14 Attempt of Mt. Russell

Here's the GMap4 map of the area. Click on the choices in the upper right corner: MyTopo, Terrain, US Topo, etc, for different views. Some allow more zooming than others. (Same map, separate window)

Here's the map (embedded):



...Say! The area just north of the "erg" of "Iceberg Lake" on the map looks like it should be an easy enough climb. But you never know until you get there...

And whoever drew that "LOCATION APPROX" line for the "trail" was crazy.